Shots fired at Fort Sumter
Subtitle: Civil War breaks out!
By: Wendy Vierow.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Headlines from history
Publisher: PowerKids Press/Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861 -- Juvenile literature.; Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes -- Juvenile literature.; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.) -- Siege, 1861.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the events leading up to South Carolina's secession from the Union and the firing on Fort Sumter that led to the beginning of the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery in America; title: States argue over slavery; title: Abolitionists anger southerners; title: Abraham Lincoln is elected president; title: The Confederacy is born; title: President Lincoln takes office; title: The Confederacy fires on Fort Sumter; title: More states leave the Union; title: The Confederacy against the Union.